Name: "Candidatus Methylomirabilis" Ettwig et al. 2010

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.thy.lo.mi.ra’bi.lis. N.L. neut. n. methyl, the methyl group (modern Latin); L. masc./fem. adj. mirabilis, astonishing, strange; N.L. fem. n. Methylomirabilis, The name alludes to the substrate methane, which is oxidized by a surprising combination of pathways

Gender: feminine (stem: Methylomirabil-)

Type species: "Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxygeniifera" corrig. Ettwig et al. 2010

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Ettwig KF, Butler MK, Le Paslier D, Pelletier E, Mangenot S, Kuypers MM, Schreiber F, Dutilh BE, Zedelius J, de Beer D, et al. Nitrite-driven anaerobic methane oxidation by oxygenic bacteria. Nature 2010; 464:543-548.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Candidatus Methylomirabilota" Viljakainen and Hug 2021. Publication: Viljakainen VR, Hug LA. The phylogenetic and global distribution of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoate bioplastic-degrading genes. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:1717-1731.
  • Ettwig et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Ettwig KF, Butler MK, Le Paslier D, Pelletier E, Mangenot S, Kuypers MM, Schreiber F, Dutilh BE, Zedelius J, de Beer D, et al. Nitrite-driven anaerobic methane oxidation by oxygenic bacteria. Nature 2010; 464:543-548.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Methylomirabilish"; "Methylomirabils".
  • See also: Publication: Martinez-Quintela M, Arias A, Alvarino T, Suarez S, Garrido JM, Omil F. Cometabolic removal of organic micropollutants by enriched nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidizing cultures. J Hazard Mater 2020; 402:123450.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Methylomirabilis lanthanidiphila" Versantvoort et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Methylomirabilis limnetica" Graf et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxyfera" Ettwig et al. 2010	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxygeniifera" corrig. Ettwig et al. 2010	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Methylomirabilis sinica" He et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Methylomirabilis tolerans" Dalcin Martins et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: [Methylomirabilota, not assigned to family]

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